I found this interesting video on Vimeo by Noor-un-nisa Touchon about Cecil Touchon (Visual Artist, Director of Fluxmuseum and Ontological Museum), who says about himself:“I am a paper person. Some people love wood or fabric or metal or clay, etc. I love paper and the ink or paint or pencil on it and the patina of use and the feel of the surface and the notations, scribbles, stains and repairs found on it. I am fascinated by the evidence of use and the mysterious nature of its history as a unique voice, a witness to the lives of those people now lost to history who used to own it. As a person interested in paper this would also lead to all things related to paper like a fascination with libraries and archives, documents, postage and correspondence, books, posters, language, organization, files and systems and the architecture and infrastructure built for things related to paper. However, I am a visual artist, so I am also interested in studios and galleries, museums, collectors and collections, art objects, ideas, color, composition and form. Combining all of these things together you have the practice of collage which then grows into a process for creating studies for larger scales paintings. So my own little world is a complex one for which there are not enough hours in the day.” – Cecil Touchon (source)

I made a trip with the Suspension Railway in Wuppertal, from one end to the other. One trip is round about 30 minutes and it is never boring. Especially if you are a lucky one like me and you get a seat in the rearmost part of the new wagon. The view is undisturbed and wonderful. Passing alongside living rooms, Bayer factories, over the river Wupper the railway takes you through the whole valley.
If you are interested in the history of the Suspension Railway just check out their homage – it´s worth reading.

A new book is born – I really needed something positive and colourful – and so I made this “Wonder of Tulips”. I combined two similar flower books, cut out each page, collaged 15 of them and merged them together in a new way. Now you can unfold it and see a tableau.
Above you can see a video where I am unfolding the “Wonder Tulips” and below each single page / collage in full size.

What we collagists would be without paper?!
Here is a portrait about “one of the last handcrafting papermaker in Europe – and his great love for paper” – Gangolf Ulbricht. “Gangolf has worked for a number of known artists like: Jenny Holzer, Louise Bourgeois, Guenther Uecker, Jonathan Meese, Damien Hirst, Christiane Baumgartner, Matthias Weischer and many more.” (Source) It is a real pleasure to see how he works and to hear what he speaks about paper.

Directed by DANIEL EGENOLF
Director of Photography LINE KÜHL
Edited by BORIS SEEWALD
Music by RALF HILDENBEUTEL
Sounddesign by ALEXANDER HEINZE
Produced by kingsandkongs.de

Collage styled video – very nice!
AWARDS:
Best Music Video Short Film at Short of the Year Festival – 2017
Official Selection at the Denver Film Festival – 2017
Directed by Ma-Ké
Produced by TEMPLE CACHÉ templecache.comMusic: RIVE rivemusique.tumblr.com

I am very pleased to be part of the assembling video for the second time, running by Tony Gohagan and Anna Sandalaki who put together Collagistes Collective’s Members works like a puzzle, revealing a bigger picture – addressing a theme. That idea became #CollagistesConversations - this time´s theme: “Animal Instinct”
And below is my “Exotic Bird No1″ (2014) which found its way into the video.

While searching in the net to find a good tutorial about making pom moms I found this video by Jenine Bressner and liked it a lot! Sometimes it´s just good to do something else thank snipping and glueing.